Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese GN
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 23:29 -0700
Hello UYD,
I finally picked up my UY#110 last Friday. Very enjoyable. Thanks!
While there I made an impulse buy - I picked up the graphic novel "American Born Chinese." I remember reading about it here.
I loved this GN. It mixes three stories (Monkey King, Jr. High Kid trying to fit in, and a high school sit-com involving an ugly stereotypical Chinese cousin) and ties them all together. I thought it was a great take on how human beings just want to fit in and be accepted. But how difficult that is during adolescents. Nicely illustrated and great storytelling. I highly recommend it.
Here's Mr. Yang's wiki bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Yang
Here's his website: http://www.humblecomics.com/
Peace, maka
I finally picked up my UY#110 last Friday. Very enjoyable. Thanks!
While there I made an impulse buy - I picked up the graphic novel "American Born Chinese." I remember reading about it here.
I loved this GN. It mixes three stories (Monkey King, Jr. High Kid trying to fit in, and a high school sit-com involving an ugly stereotypical Chinese cousin) and ties them all together. I thought it was a great take on how human beings just want to fit in and be accepted. But how difficult that is during adolescents. Nicely illustrated and great storytelling. I highly recommend it.
Here's Mr. Yang's wiki bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Yang
Here's his website: http://www.humblecomics.com/
Peace, maka